Driving too slow prompts Rockaway Borough stop

ROCKAWAY - Driving too slow was cited as the
reason an officer stopped a Dover man, who ended up receiving
several tickets.

According to the report, the officer stopped
Juan F. Rincon-Medellin, 18, of Dover at 8:05 p.m. on Monday, June
4, after allegedly seeing him driving around 20 miles an hour in
the 40 mile an hour zone on Route 46.

According to police, when Rincon-Medellin
was asked for his driving credentials, he allegedly produced an
invalid international driver's license issued in Colombia, police
said. He was then ticketed for impeding the flow of driving and for
driving unlicensed. The 1995 Mazda he was driving was towed by
Rockaway Auto and Rincon-Medellin was driven home.

An officer on patrol at 10:55 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 5, stopped a 1990 Ford driven by Daniel D. Stalter
III, 33, of Rockaway after noticing the Ford had an illegible rear
license plate, police said.

Stalter reportedly was found to be
intoxicated, police said. He was charged with driving while
intoxicated and issued tickets for failure to maintain lamps and
for the unclear license plate, police said. The license plate was
dented and scratched, according to the police report.

In another road stop, police reported
William C. Meltzer, 19, of Sparta was stopped on Route 46 West in a
1988 Toyota at 10:40 p.m. on Sunday, June 3, because the vehicle's
registration was expired. Meltzer was subsequently ticketed for
failing to produce a driver's license and for having an expired
registration on the vehicle, police said. He later produced his
driver's license for police, officers said.

At 3:35 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, police
took a report at headquarters from a man who had the windshield and
front lights on his 1992 Honda broken. The man said the car was
parked at Café Navona from 5 p.m. to midnight on Friday, June 1. He
said he hadn't had any problems with anyone and had no idea who
could have done the damage.

A teenage worker at Italia 2 on West Main
Street told police a male customer had exposed his penis and
handled it while she was ringing up his bill and getting his
change. When she realized what he was doing, she told police, she
threw his change on the counter and ran into the back of the
business to get the owner.

The owner and another worker ran out and
looked for the man, but he and the young boy, about five years old,
he had with him, were gone. Police put out a bulletin with the
suspect's description. They were informed of the incident by the
girl's father, who she called first. The father called police and
met them at the restaurant where they interviewed the girl. The
police were called at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6.

A resident of a Franklin Avenue apartment
complex called police at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 5, to complain
about the noise made by the firm which picks up the dumpster at
Kentucky Fried Chicken on Route 46.

The resident said the dumpster is emptied
between 1 and 4 a.m. and it wakes her up.

The officer called the firm in question and
asked about having the pickup time changed. The company worker the
officer spoke with reportedly said the time couldn't be changed but
the driver would be told to try and keep the noise down. The
resident was told about the company's response.

At 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6, Michael
A. Venditte Jr., 30, of the Ledgewood section of Roxbury Township
appeared at headquarters on a Paterson warrant with $200 bail
outstanding. He posted the bail and was released.

Newark Police called borough officers at
9:23 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, to report they arrested Richard A.
Quartuccio, 45, of Newark on a warrant with $90 bail from Rockaway.
Quartuccio was unable to post the bail, so Rockaway officers drove
to Newark to pick him up.

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